Nissan is giving its original battery-electric vehicle a new personality. The Leaf Nismo went on sale in Japan this week and offers a notable upgrade in performance and handling, in line with more conventional Nismo packages. Headlight.News has more.
Mercedes is getting ready to make major upgrades to its Maybach line, with bigger, more exotic packages than today’s offerings meant to directly challenge super-premium brands like Bentley and Rolls-Royce, according to a new report. The question is whether Maybach can succeed this time after a first failed attempt. More from Headlight.News.
The management team at Daimler-Benz has changed things up for its next generation EVs. Rather than continuing them with a separate platform, the marque is developing its cars to run on electric or combustion-based powertrains. Headlight.News spent a week in one of the new variants, the 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA 250+. Check out the review and see what’s different.
Sedans. Remember them? They once overwhelmingly dominated the American automotive market. Today, they’re little more than afterthoughts for most buyers – and have been dropped from the line-up by a number of brands. But several manufacturers appear ready to bring sedans back. Look for new entries from both Buick and Chevrolet – and possibly Ford — reports Headlight.News.
It’s a rare occasion that one thinks of any Toyota vehicle as lagging the competition in any segment. The automaker known for quality and fuel economy for so long has been expanding its areas of competency for decades now. Perhaps nowhere has it come further than in the large SUV segment with the 2026 Toyota Sequoia Capstone edition. Find out why in our review at Headlight.News.
BYD’s new Denza Z supercar is ready to take on all comers, especially high-performance battery-electric vehicles like the Ferrari Luce. But if you’re looking to buy one you’re out of luck – at least if you live in the U.S. It’s one of a growing list of high-performance Chinese EVs effectively barred from the American market. Headlight.News has more.
Toyota essentially set the tone for the future when it introduced the Prius, which was the industry’s first mainstream hybrid model. The company added to the Prius legacy when it introduced the latest generation that eschewed the quirky exterior look while significantly improving performance. The 2026 Prius Nightshade PHEV takes the car another step forward. Find out how at in our review at Headlight.News.
A new direction for BMW? That may be the case with the 2027 X5 which will be offered with a wide range of powertrain options – including gas, PHEV, EV and even hydrogen. Headlight.News was there for the new SAV’s debut.
It’s become an almost daily occurrence, new vehicle prices setting a new record only to have it topple in short order. And that’s likely to keep at least one million potential buyers out of the market this year. Still, bargain hunters can find some deals, reports Headlight.News.
Has Ford Motor Co. finally found the formula to fix its long-running quality headaches? That just might be the case based on the latest J.D. Power Initial Quality Study. The Detroit automaker had a huge drop in “things-gone-wrong” this year, handily besting its mainstream rivals and nearly reaching the top of the IQS quality chart overall. Headlight.News has more.
When Toyota brought the Supra back about six years ago, the group of fanboys who loved it celebrated. However, if you’re really looking for something to revel in, get behind the wheel of the 2026 GR Supra MkV Final Edition as Headlight.News did for a week.
Introduced in 2020, with its first deliveries taking place in the latter part of 2021, as 2022 models, the BMW iX has now been around for over half a decade. The marque’s first purpose built all-electric SUV, the iX looked like something out of a science fiction movie when it was unveiled. Now a decade on, Headlight.News tells you just how mainstream the 2026 BMW iX xDrive45 has gotten.